King James Version

Acts 15:6

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “then” (τε) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before the here.

Συνήχθησάνsunēchthēsancame togetherσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “came together”, a single actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.came togetherτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀπόστολοιapostoloiapostleἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “apostle”, the subject formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroielderπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “elder”, the subject formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.ἰδεῖνideinto seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).for to considerπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγουlogoumatterλόγος (logos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “matter”, the of-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.matterτούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

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δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,

World English Bible

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

Darby Translation

And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

Douay-Rheims

And the apostles and ancients assembled to consider of this matter.

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